#AE912F#AE912F

#AE912F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.118 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE912F
RGB	rgb(174, 145, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 0.39, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 53.36, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0041 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.118 92)
XYZ	xyz(28.0956, 29.4564, 6.8946)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE912F #2F4CAE

analogous

#AE512F #AE912F #8BAE2F

triadic

#AE912F #2FAE91 #912FAE

tetradic

#AE912F #2FAE51 #2F4CAE #AE2F8B

square

#AE912F #2FAE51 #2F4CAE #AE2F8B

split-complementary

#AE912F #2F8BAE #512FAE

monochromatic

#4E4115 #7E6922 #AE912F #CFB14C #DCC67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AE912F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#AE912F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE912F

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE912F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE912F	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae912f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 145, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.118 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab06e',
    500: '#ae912f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae912f;
$custom-light: #cab06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae912f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66558,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.29455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE912F

secondary

#7587C4

accent

#6AE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE912F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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